The issue has become a hot topic amid the campaign for next month’s Polish presidential election.
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Authorities deny opposition claims of threatening behaviour by asylum seekers housed in Polish village
An MP from Poland’s main ruling party accused the opposition of “spreading disinformation” in order to stir up unrest.
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Number of foreigners with residence permits in Poland triples to 1.66 million
The majority of the increase is accounted for by Ukrainian refugees, though other forms of migration to Poland have also been rising rapidly.
Funeral held in Poland for Sudanese man who drowned crossing Belarus border
Siddig Musa Hamid Eisa is one of at least 20 people to have died on the border since Belarus began engineering a wave of attempted crossings.
Integration of Ukrainians can boost Poland’s GDP up to 3.5%, finds Deloitte report
But Poland must support the learning of Polish, ensure access to the housing market, and help refugees find work matching their skills and qualifications.
The VoiCEE podcast: how Poland and the region are coping eight months into the Ukraine refugee crisis
Agnieszka Wądołowska
“We need to ask the Ukrainian refugees in Poland how they want to solve their problems.”
EU has given Poland €145m to help with Ukraine refugees
The amount is “small” but appreciated, says Poland, which will spend an estimated €8.36 billion on helping Ukrainian refugees this year.
Poland to spend €8.4bn supporting Ukraine refugees in 2022, highest in OECD
Almost 1.4 million refugees from Ukraine registered for temporary protection in Poland, the most of any country.
Around one million Ukrainian refugees remain in Poland, estimate experts
Among the Ukrainian refugees in Poland, 91% are women (45%) and children (46%).
Poland deserves Nobel Peace Prize for helping Ukraine refugees, says US ambassador
“No one will be able to ignore what Poles have done, how much they have mobilised, how much they have helped by giving [refugees] a roof over their heads and a meal.”
Anti-Ukrainian protest in Poland attracts no participants
A separate nationalist protest against the “Ukrainisation of Poland” in Warsaw drew only a small crowd.
How will Poland’s new anti-migrant border wall impact the environment?
Tom Diserens
The wall, which was exempted from environmental laws, runs through protected natural habits.
Number of Ukrainian refugees in Polish schools falls to 185,000
The school system had been prepared for a rise.
Polish schools ready to accept up to 300,000 additional Ukrainian pupils, says minister
Potential problems, however, may emerge in larger cities, said education minister Przemysław Czarnek.
